South Carolina Dirty

CNN reports the latest low point in the attacks on Newt Gingrich,
as it has discovered that a “fake CNN Breaking News alert was emailed to
state Republican activists early Thursday morning claiming that the
former House Speaker pressured his ex-wife to have an abortion.”

The
fake email reads: “A source close to Marianne Gingrich tells CNN that
former House Speaker Newt Gingrich forced her to abort a pregnancy
conceived during the affair that preceeded her marriage to Gingrich.”
Meanwhile,
ABC News notes that an equally deceiving fake press release followed
the email, meant to look as if it came from the Gingrich campaign. Key
fake quote from Gingrich: “I am not proud of some decisions I have made
or actions I have taken, but I believe in the power of redemption and I
trust the voters of South Carolina do as well.”